Mangal Pandey - The Rising

The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.

CAST

Aamir KhanMangal Pandey

Rani MukerjiHeera

Toby StephensCaptain William Gordon

Ameesha PatelJwala

Om PuriNarrator (uncredited)

Kirron KherLol Bibi

Ben NealonCaptain Hewson

Habib TanvirBahadur Shah Zafar

Varsha UsgaonkarRani Laxmibai

Shrirang GodboleNana Saheb

Kenneth CranhamMr. Kent

Albert WellingLord Charles Canning

Tom AlterWatson

Mukesh TiwariBakht Khan

Shahbaz KhanAzimullah Khan